I'm watching Pistol, a TV series about the Sex Pistols—and the beginning of British punk.
I thought this would be a cynical, cash-grabbing biopic, but I checked it out anyway, and this is the best musical biopic series I've ever seen. It really captures the energy of the music, and what captured so many teenagers' attention.
I was one of those teenagers, albeit 15 years removed. My first taste of punk was watching a documentary about the Sex Pistols when I was 11-years-old, and from that moment I knew that punk was *my* music.
As it happens, my newfound interest in punk coincided with the rise of grunge. Being from Vancouver, I was a few hours away from Seattle, and I convinced my sister to take me there every few months. So I got to see that happening.
Vancouver had its own scene. Though less celebrated at the time, we had bands like Cub, Maow, The Smugglers, Gob, and SNFU. Little did I know that this scene would later give rise to acts like Neko Case, Destroyer, The New Pornographers, and You Say Party.
But the Vancouver punk scene's claim to fame is Nardwuar the Human Serviette. And the persona is not that far removed from the real person.
https://tubitv.com/series/300016824/pistol
Chris Trottier
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